The Afghan embassy in Budapest closed effective July 1 citing austerity reasons, online news portal hvg.hu said on Tuesday. The website said the information had been confirmed by Hungary’s foreign ministry. The ministry suggested that the Afghan government had trimmed its network of foreign representative offices in order to save money. There was no response from the embassy when the portal tried to contact it by telephone or by email. The embassy’s website is practically not functioning anymore, hvg.hu said.

The Afghan embassy in Budapest closed effective July 1 citing austerity reasons, online news portal hvg.hu said on Tuesday. The website said the information had been confirmed by Hungary’s foreign ministry. The ministry suggested that the Afghan government had trimmed its network of foreign representative offices in order to save money. There was no response from the embassy when the portal tried to contact it by telephone or by email. The embassy’s website is practically not functioning anymore, hvg.hu said.